"わかば" meaning in Japanese

See わかば in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [β̞a̠ka̠ba̠] Forms: wakaba [romanization]
Head templates: {{ja-noun}} わかば • (wakaba)
  1. leaf that has just sprouted
    Sense id: en-わかば-ja-noun-9zHMRfRX Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 75 25 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12
  2. young person
    Sense id: en-わかば-ja-noun-1p99hMSu Categories (other): Japanese entries with incorrect language header, Japanese links with redundant alt parameters, Japanese links with redundant wikilinks, Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys Disambiguation of Japanese entries with incorrect language header: 20 80 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant alt parameters: 18 82 Disambiguation of Japanese links with redundant wikilinks: 19 81 Disambiguation of Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys: 19 81
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: 若葉マーク (wakaba māku) (ruby: 若葉(わかば))

Alternative forms

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      ],
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          "leaf",
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        [
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          "just"
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          "sprout"
        ]
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    },
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    "Japanese terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Japanese terms with redundant sortkeys",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
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    }
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Download raw JSONL data for わかば meaning in Japanese (1.0kB)

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Japanese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-06-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-20 using wiktextract (3dadd05 and f1c2b61). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

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